“When poison was often secreted in meats and drinks and was much oftener
feared, a pregustator, or a foretaster, was the most important servant
in all great households.”Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters; Vol 13;
1900.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, / Who loved thee so fondly as he? / He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, / And joined in thy innocent glee. -Margaret Courtney, poet (1822-1862)